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One week after eighty year old George Anglin Senior was fatally stabbed fifteen times in his Orange Walk home; his son has been arrested and charged for the crime. According to investigators, today, twenty-six year old, Berris Anglin and twenty-three year old, Calbert Carcamo stand accused of attacking the elder Anglin in his yard on […]
Written on June 1, 2006 | Posted in
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The recent spate of deadly violence in Belize City appears to have sealed the fate of law abiding residents: we are living at the mercy of criminals … armed attackers who have no fear of committing heinous crimes in homes, cars, and even on the street in broad daylight. Police have acted quickly, to make […]
Written on May 31, 2006 | Posted in
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Gun related violence dominates the headlines but reports of sexual crimes against Belize’s children continue unabated. One such statement in San Ignacio has resulted in the arrest of a twenty year old man. According to Cayo cops, this week a thirteen year old year girl told officers that Kenneth Gibbs Jr. had sex with her […]
Written on May 31, 2006 | Posted in
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But while some students can concentrate on getting good grades, others must deal with the constant sound and fear of gunshots at school. According to Vice Principal of St. John Vianney, Rosamond Perez, exposure to gun violence has become a frighteningly regular occurrence for students at the Faber’s Road campus. This afternoon, Perez maintains that […]
Written on May 31, 2006 | Posted in
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It is possible that police may never be able to identify a murder victim found over the weekend. The remains were so badly decomposed that the corpse had to be buried on site. Around ten on Sunday morning, the body, believed that of a Hispanic male, was found floating in the Belize River in an […]
Written on May 29, 2006 | Posted in
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With so many bullets flying around Belize City it should not be surprising when a bystander is caught in the crossfire. Fortunately, the latest incident, as News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin reports, did not prove fatal. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Sixty year old Henry Leslie better known as J.B. does not know when he will be able […]
Written on May 29, 2006 | Posted in
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Another Belize City resident had his name written on a bullet but a quick mind and reflexes to match allowed him to foil a trio of armed robbers. Here’s his story. Oscar Rosado, Sr., Victim of attempted hold up /robbery ?When the third one walked in, I saw when he brought down his hat and […]
Written on May 29, 2006 | Posted in
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As police continue to investigate the premeditated killings of the Brannon brothers, tonight a new development has been added to the case file. But authorities admit that while the mountain of circumstantial evidence is growing, witnesses who could make or break the case are choosing to remain silent. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Police strongly suspect that […]
Written on May 26, 2006 | Posted in
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A daylight robbery attempt in King’s Park has ended in the arrest of two men. According to police reports, around four thirty Wednesday evening, forty-one year old Lowell Brooks was walking on Lizarraga Avenue when two young men tried to steal his cell phone and briefcase. Brooks put up a fight and as luck would […]
Written on May 26, 2006 | Posted in
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In the north, Corozal cops have reported that the capture of a wanted man ended in gunshots. Authorities say Brandon Gilharry is the prime suspect in connection with two burglary cases so when officers spotted him in San Antonio around eight thirty on Wednesday night, they attempted to detain him. But it is alleged that […]
Written on May 26, 2006 | Posted in
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For the second night in a row we’ll lead this newscast with a startling report from Orange Walk Town. That’s right, another fatal stabbing, but this time, instead of killing in a jealous rage, the murderers appear to be cold and calculating. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin has just returned with the disturbing details. Jacqueline Godwin, […]
Written on May 25, 2006 | Posted in
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Two men are tonight behind bars, charged with attempting to kill a police officer. This morning, thirty-two year old Jerome Goff and seventeen year old Lincoln Sinclar were arraigned before Magistrate Margaret Gabb for attempted murder, damage to property and aggravated assault. The charges stem from a report by Assistant Superintendent of Police Edward Broaster […]
Written on May 25, 2006 | Posted in
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In more police news, cops are attributing good community relations to major weapons find on the southside of the city. Before dawn on Wednesday, acting on a tip, members of the Central Intelligence Unit descended on an abandoned lot on Mahogany Street and uncovered four high powered guns and more than twenty-five rounds of matching […]
Written on May 25, 2006 | Posted in
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Tonight Orange Walk police continue to investigate what appears to be a crime of extreme passion, that has left a local businessman dead and his female companion clinging to life. According to the police, around ten thirty last night, an anonymous tip led them to a popular rendezvous for lovers known as Catt’s Place. There […]
Written on May 24, 2006 | Posted in
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You’d be hard pressed to find a routine crack bust on this newscast but the one that took place Tuesday night in Belize City was anything but routine. According to police, around ten-thirty they noticed a man running from the approach of their squad car. The suspect, identified as thirty-five year old Russell Hemsley, was […]
Written on May 24, 2006 | Posted in
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It would be easy to say that the double murder that occurred on Monday morning in Belize City was not your typical Belizean homicide … but these days, when it comes to crime it seems that the old rules no longer apply. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin reports. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Seventeen year old Blanca Rosa […]
Written on May 23, 2006 | Posted in
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Two Police officers are recovering from injuries they received after a crazed man pushed them off a rooftop in Belize City. The drama unfolded around six-fifteen on Monday evening when police received a call that a man was acting suspiciously on the roof of a two storey wooden house on Hutson Street. Authorities, suspecting that […]
Written on May 23, 2006 | Posted in
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Police are tonight seeking three men for questioning following a shootout and car chase through the streets of Belize City. According to the authorities, around eight thirty on Sunday night, a mobile patrol on Chetumal Street spotted a maroon four door Toyota car driving “erratically”. The cops say they switched on their lights and sirens […]
Written on May 23, 2006 | Posted in
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Two Belize district residents are tonight recovering from gunshot wounds following separate shooting incidents over the weekend. Thirty-three year old Eric Savery has reported to police that he was driving to his mile six home on the Northern Highway just after midnight on Monday when he realized he was being followed by a darkly painted […]
Written on May 23, 2006 | Posted in
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Down south, cops have charged a couple of hitchhikers after they attacked the good people who gave them a ride. Thirty three year old Vicente Sackul and a female companion were driving to Laguna Village around one on Saturday morning when they saw two people thumbing for a ride. Sackul pulled over and the duo […]
Written on May 23, 2006 | Posted in
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In Orange Walk, cops are patting themselves on the back after they bagged a couple of burglars in the act. Around eleven on Friday night, a police patrol was cruising on the Belize Corozal Road when they spotted a man jumping through the window of the Hong Fua Store. Sensing trouble, the officers chased and […]
Written on May 23, 2006 | Posted in
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A Belize City man has been arrested and charged following a sexual attack against a ten year old girl on Friday morning. Thirty three year old David Pavon of Antelope Street Extension has been arraigned on one count of carnal knowledge. Pavon was detained after he was observed in the sea near Old College Beach […]
Written on May 23, 2006 | Posted in
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Throughout our years of broadcasting the news, we have had the grim duty to report horrible atrocities committed against Belizean children. But tonight there is an act so perverse, that it has left horrified eyewitnesses deeply disturbed. Witness to Child Sexual Assault ?When the girl came out the water, I don?t know if she cried […]
Written on May 19, 2006 | Posted in
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This morning twenty six year old Taedron Bennett was formally arraigned in Belize City Magistrate Court on thirteen separate counts including murder, attempted murder, dangerous harm, deadly means of harm, and conspiracy to commit murder. He appeared before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord, who ordered that he be remanded to Hattieville Prison until June sixteenth. Lord […]
Written on May 19, 2006 | Posted in
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A senior citizen from Punta Gorda has been arrested and charged with attempted murder following an incident in the southern town last weekend. Seventy-four year old Cristobal Salam of San Antonio, is the man police say got drunk at a local bar, got into fight, lost, went home for his gun and then ambushed the […]
Written on May 19, 2006 | Posted in
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